Sijmen Schulten

Sijmen Schulten (1898-17 September 1944) was a Dutch priest in the town of Son, North Brabant during World War II. On 17 September 1944, as US Army paratroopers from the US 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment arrived to liberate the town of Son during Operation Market Garden, Schulten enthusiastically greeted them and gave them free cigars. However, this warm greeting was ruined when a German Flak 88 gun opened fire on the crowd, tearing Schulten's lower body off. Private Franky LaRoche comforted Schulten before he bled to death.